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Memory care centers: Meeting Alzheimer’s and dementia patients where they are
Kansas City Star
The Wexford Place Memory Support facility for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease has opened at 6460 N. Cosby Avenue in Kansas City, North. Throughout the center there are “destination stations” designed to stimulate residents’ memories.

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Health Column: Treating Alzheimer’s dementia with medications
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
A radiant, smiling grandpa is frolicking with his grandchildren on a sunny, wildflower-covered hillside. In the television version, serene violin music wafts in the background. This is the unrealistic gist of the ads for the two most commonly …

Music & Memory program brightens lives of Alzheimer’s, dementia patients
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As if the gray-haired, bespectacled Alzheimer’s patients sitting in wheelchairs around her were audience members at Carnegie Hall. The impromptu performance kicked off during breakfast at Lasata Care Center. Irene had been listening to Sinatra on an …

A safe place to remember: Alzheimer’s activity group to begin in Destin
Destin Log
The group, dubbed the “Neighborhood Memory Café,” is comprised of caregivers and their loved ones who suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, and is now expanding to add a Destin location. “It’s a way to bring the caregiver together with those who …

Vitamin D Appears Neuroprotective Against Alzheimer’s, Dementia
Mad In America
“Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease,” concluded a team of mainly US researchers in a study published in Neurology. The researchers examined vitamin D levels in 1,658 …

Association between vitamin D and dementia risk has been confirmed
eMaxHealth
Researchers have investigated whether low concentrations of Vitamin D are associated with an increased risk of incident all-cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease reported the journal Neurology. The researchers studied one thousand six hundred …

How to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Deseret News
Increasing one’s vitamin D levels may reduce the risk of illnesses that cause dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, according to international research led by the University of Exeter. “Senile dementia and Alzheimer’s disease were both significantly …
Study links vitamin D deficiency to increased risk for Alzheimer’s, dementiaHawaii News Now
Vitamin D deficiency linked to increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s diseaseMedical Xpress
Study confirms link between dementia and vitamin DDeutsche Welle
PsychCentral.com
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Study links vitamin D deficiency to increased risk for Alzheimer – WSFA.com …
WSFA
“We expected to find an association between low vitamin D levels and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, but the results were surprising – we actually found that the association was twice as strong as we anticipated,” said Dr. David Llewellyn …

Idaho State Vets HomeWorks with Dementia and Alzheimer Patients
KMVT
Boise, Idaho ( KBOI-TV) – Relying heavily on donations, the Idaho state veterans home in Boise has just started a new program to reach out to dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. As Scott Logan shows us, it all starts with the sound of music. Next …

Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency And Dementia Risk Confirmed
RedOrbit
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted. An international team, led by Dr David Llewellyn at the …